[Thinkpad] T60p Overheating Problems

[Michael Geary]

> From: Martin Wenk
> 
> Hi, I do have some trouble with my Thinkpad T60p. I had XP 
> preinstalled.
> That system had a tendency to completely "freeze" every now 
> and then. The cursor position froze and the only responsive 
> key was power off. As I moved to Vista, freezing disappeared 
> but instead the system powered off quite often. Especially 
> when I started the internal Vista benchmark. As a workaround 
> I took down CPU speed below 50% - no more power off's but of 
> course also less performance. The system Thinkpad still heats 
> up quite hell, especially in the upper left (CPU) but as well 
> at the lower right (HDD).
> Before I send in the system, I'd like to know whether 
> somebody else encountered similar situations. Whole thing 
> might be caused by a broken fan, as I do not recognize any 
> fan noise at all. Regards, Martin.

It's a known issue with the T60p. Both of mine did the same thing. The fans
were working on mine but they were still overheating. Send it in and they
will fix it.

If you want, you can download tpfancontrol [1] and use it to look at the CPU
and GPU (graphics processing unit) temperatures. If you notice it getting
hot in the upper left, start tpfancontrol and then double click its tray
icon to open its window. Use Alt+PtrSc to capture a screen shot, then open
Paint and paste the screen shot in so you can print it. Send in the printout
with the machine.

[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/tp4xfancontrol/

-Mike